Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 18:19:53 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net> To: Matt Mills <matt_mills@btopenworld.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /usr/ports/distfiles maintenance Message-ID: <20050527231953.GB1464@over-yonder.net> In-Reply-To: <42970476.6050105@btopenworld.com> References: <42970476.6050105@btopenworld.com>
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On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 12:28:54PM +0100 I heard the voice of Matt Mills, and lo! it spake thus: > > Something which has recently struck me as an unanswered question. > How do you all maintain your /usr/ports/distfiles directory? I'm a simple guy, myself; I don't see a big need for various automated (and EXPENSIVE! What're you people THINKING poking around 12,000-some distinfo files?!) solutions. When /usr/ports starts getting full (approx. "every so often"), I poke around and delete some of the older and bigger distfiles. When we pass versions of really big stuff (like X, or TeX, Mozilla, etc.) I delete the old ones. You've got du, you've got `ls -l | sort -n +4`... there's lots of low-hanging fruit without getting complex, especially since I'll bet you've got more space for ports than I do. And, of course, every once in a while I get bored and newfs /usr/ports entirely and re-co everything. Just for sport. -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Systems/Network Administrator | http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/ On the Internet, nobody can hear you scream.
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